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It might sound a little unintuitive, but according to a poll of 16,000 consumers conducted by the Yankee Group last month, iPhone ownership in the United States will surpass that of Android devices by 2015 through consumer loyalty alone.
Based on the Yankee Group’s findings, 91 percent of iPhone owners seek another iPhone when it’s time for an upgrade, while only 76 percent of Android device owners seek another Android device. And what of that 24 percent of Android device owners seeking an a new phone? Almost three quarters of them plan to purchase an iPhone.
That seems odd in light of the recent news of Android’s widespread adoption in overseas markets, but Yankee Group analyst Carl Howe argues Apple’s interconnected ecosystem of iTunes, the App Store, iCloud and related features ensures a remarkable degree of consumer loyalty in the U.S.
“Apple’s ‘black hole’ ecosystem captures subscribers who never leave, while Android smartphones are losing one out of every six customers to other manufacturers. These trends will drive Apple ownership well past Android ownership by 2015 and will reinforce Apple’s dominance in tablets as well,” Howe said.
VentureBeat reports that there may be truth to the findings. In January, Kantar Worldpanel revealed that Apple temporarily captured the majority of American smartphone sales in late 2012. Also, they reported that ComScore discovered that the iPhone’s market share grew by 11 percent recently while Android’s fell by 4 percent.
As AllThingsD reports, Howe believes that Android’s acceptance has peaked. He put it this way:
“Think of the Apple and Android ecosystems as two buckets of water. New smartphone buyers — mostly upgrading feature phone owners — fall like rain into the two big buckets about equally, with a smaller number falling into Windows Phone and BlackBerry buckets. However, the Android bucket leaks badly, losing about one in five of all the owners put into it. The Apple bucket leaks only about 7 percent of its contents, so it retains more of the customers that fall into it. The Apple bucket will fill up faster and higher than the Android one, regardless of the fact that the Apple bucket may have had fewer owners in it to begin with.”
If Howe’s analysis is correct, then Apple’s consumer loyalty will win a slow but steady victory over the recent surge of Android sales.
(Via AllThingsD)
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Remember the so-called “Antennagate” crisis? While it seems like forever ago that iPhone 4 users whined about antenna problems with their handsets, they’ll probably be reminded about it when their settlement check hits the mailbox.
9to5Mac is reporting that iPhone 4 owners who participated in a class action lawsuit against Apple over antenna attenuation complaints are finally starting to receive settlement checks.
More than a year ago, Apple reached a settlement with attorneys for the class action complaint, agreeing to pay million to make the problem go away after supposedly “misrepresenting and concealing material information in the marketing, advertising, sale, and servicing of its iPhone 4 — particularly as it relates to the quality of the mobile phone antenna and reception and related software.”
Owners who cashed in on Cupertino’s earlier offer of a free bumper or case were not eligible for the settlement, so if you haven’t seen a check, that could be why. According to 9to5Mac readers who are receiving the payments, the settlement checks for a whopping were issued on April 17 and must be cashed by July 16, 2013 or they are null and void.
Why only ? Apparently the class action lawyers took home a cool million from the settlement, which proves once again that the rich get richer and the rest of us just have to make do.
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Amidst all the gloom and doom over AppGratis being kicked out of the App Store, one beacon of light has appeared for app discovery services thanks to the return of AppShopper.
AppShopper announced in a blog post Monday that its free iPhone app has made a triumphant return to the App Store, reborn as AppShopper Social. As you may recall, Apple booted the original AppShopper back in December for running afoul of its developer guidelines, similar to the AppGratis saga that recently unfolded.
AppShopper’s return is made possible by the inclusion of social networking features, which adds a Twitter-powered Friend Stream on top of the core app discovery feature. Users can share items on their wish list with friends, with both parties able to see what the other is rating as well.
The good news is that most of the original AppShopper core features are also present in AppShopper Social, which is an entirely new app and not an update to the original version. In addition to Wish List and My App tabs, users can receive push notifications and/or emails notifying them of updates and price changes for their favorite apps.
A few things are still missing, namely native iPad support, which is promised for a forthcoming universal update. “What’s New” and “Top 200″ charts are also missing for now, but could also return with a future version.
AppShopper Social is now available from the App Store as a free download, and finally supports the larger display of the iPhone 5, as well as other devices running iOS 5.0 or later.
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